MEMORANDUM To: Graduate Council Members From: John C. Keller, Dean Date: October 30, 2015 The Graduate Council will meet Thursday, November 5, beginning at 8:15 a.m. in the Callen Conference Room, 5 Gilmore Hall (lower level).

AGENDA

1) Approval of the minutes of the October 1, 2015 meeting – see attached (Keller, 5 minutes)

2) Announcements (Keller, Jardine, 10 minutes)

3) Request to close the Ph.D. Program in Comparative Literature in the Department of Cinema

and Comparative Literature in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences- see attached (Keller, 15 minutes)

4) Enrollment report (Larsen, 15 minutes)

5) Vision for AAU Doctoral Education (Keller, 20 minutes)

Meeting Dates November 5 November 19 December 10 December 17 (if needed)

Graduate Council November 5, 2015

Present: Professors Ankenmann, Banas, Cowles, Creekmur, Fethke, Ganim, Kristof-Brown, Moorhead, Quelle, Wurster, Xiao; Graduate Students Gerstle, Jardine, Marchal; Deans Keller, Larsen; Staff Arbisi-Kelm, Crooks, Teitle Absent: Professors Figdor, Moore; Student Bernabo 1) The minutes of the October 1, 2015 meeting were unanimously approved with corrections

noted. 2) Announcements and updates:

• The Graduate College self-study is nearing completion and will be shared with the Graduate Council in December.

• In conjunction with the self-study, the Graduate Student Senate is conducting a survey of graduate students about their academic and mentoring experiences at the University of Iowa.

• Congratulations to Kate Cowles, recipient of a President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of her years of outstanding teaching.

• UI President Bruce Herrald will meet with Dean Keller on November 13, 2015. (Note: This meeting was rescheduled and took place January 19, 2016.)

3) Dean Keller presented a request to close the Ph.D. Program in Comparative Literature in the

Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Admissions to the program were suspended in 2012 pending a revitalization of the program. That revitalization was not realized and the program now requests formal closure. Students currently enrolled will be allowed to graduate. A motion was made to approve the request and passed unanimously.

4) Associate Dean Larsen provided an overview of graduate student enrollment. The total number of students decreased slightly (-10 students) compared to 2014 with the percent of female students holding steady. The number of URM students increased slightly in 2015 following the general trend of increase over the past 10 years. 5) Dean Keller shared a draft statement issued by the AAU outlining the vision for graduate education. The vision included endorsement of a model for national fellowships, an integrated metric for determining the quality of doctoral education, and discussed the role of the Ph.D. in shaping the knowledge economy. The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 a.m.

October 28, 2015 John Keller, Dean Graduate College 201 Gilmore Hall University of Iowa Dear John,

On behalf of the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures,, I request the official termination of the Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. As you know, the MA in Comparative Literature was closed in order to allow students and the faculty to focus on the MFA in Literary Translation and the PhD program in the hope that it would lead to greater efficiency in recruitment and faculty effort.

After suspension of the Ph.D. program in 2012, those hopes were not realized, and no additional students were admitted. In addition, the program was not revamped to attract new doctoral students. We are now requesting formal closure.

Should you have questions, please feel free to contact me at russell-ganim@uiowa.edu. Sincere best wishes,

Russell Ganim, Director Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures University of Iowa

2015 Enrollment Report for the Graduate College

A. Overview of Enrollment

Year (fall) Total Enrollment Total Postdocs Total Students %Female % New Students %URM Students %International

2003 5441 291 5150 57.0 24.3% 8.8% 24.8%

2004 5393 316 5077 57.0 23.2% 9.5% 24.8%

2005 5347 282 5065 55.5 22.6% 10.3% 23.6%

2006 5320 267 5053 55.7 23.4% 10.4% 22.5%

2007 5359 296 5063 56.7 24.6% 10.0% 21.4%

2008 5528 311 5217 57.3 24.4% 10.2% 20.2%

2009 5645 322 5323 58.4 23.2% 10.4% 19.8%

2010 5565 328 5237 57.3 23.0% 11.0% 20.5%

2011 5542 365 5177 57.0 22.9% 12.0% 19.9%

2012 5377 346 5031 57.2 23.6% 12.6% 20.3%

2013 5072 329 4743 56.4 20.4% 12.9% 20.9%

2014 4970 360 4610 56.6 20.9% 11.9% 22.2%

2015 4947 347 4600 55.4 22.1% 12.2% 21.7%

Key:

Total enrollment = students + postdoctoral associates

Total students= degree + nondegree seeking students

New students = first semester at UI

URM students = Alaskan Native or American Indian; African American or Black; Hispanic or Latino; Pacific Islander

%URM students=%(sum of Alaskan Native or American Indian; African American or Black; Hispanic or Latino; Pacific Islander)/total domestic students

Notes:

Total students decreased slightly (-10 students) compared to 2014.

% female students steady.

% URM students increased slightly in 2015; the general trend has been an increase over the past 10 years from ~9% to nearly 12%.

% international students decreased from 2003-2009 and is starting to stabilize.

November 2015

B. Enrollment by Ethnicity

Ethnic Coding

Alaskan Native or

American Indian

African American or

Black Hispanic or Latino(a) Pacific Islander Asian Two or More Races

White, not

Hisp/Latino(a)

International / non US

citizen

2003 24 127 122 115 2910 1276

2004 26 140 126 118 2882 1259

2005 24 157 142 114 2908 1196

2006 23 170 136 109 2943 1136

2007 27 162 125 115 2977 1081

2008 30 160 141 123 3101 1052

2009 33 151 158 155 3141 1053

2010 25 162 171 4 143 36 3093 1073

2011 19 168 186 5 125 42 3012 1031

2012 17 165 198 5 123 45 2897 1022

2013 13 133 183 3 132 58 2671 991

2014 13 135 193 2 131 70 2721 1024

2015 10 150 196 4 137 70 2744 997

Notes:

Alaskan or American Indian students have decreased from a high of 33 in 2009 to 10 in 2015.

African American students have fluctuated somewhat; averaging about 150 over the past 10 years.

Hispanic/Latino students have been increaseing over the past 10 years to nearly 200 students in 2015.

International students have been decreasing but now seem to be leveling off.

November 2015

C. Enrollment by Degree Objective

Year (fall) Doctoral (includes prof.) Masters PI/CER/EDU Other Nondegree

2003 2595 2135 58 362

2004 2710 2010 39 318

2005 2750 1954 35 326

2006 2730 1982 32 309

2007 2777 1945 38 303

2008 2764 2124 39 290

2009 2787 2211 43 282

2010 2872 2098 44 223

2011 2873 2022 40 242

2012 2894 1881 44 212

2013 2784 1740 30 189

2014 2635 1730 49 196

2015 2578 1740 117 165

Notes:

2015 increase in PI/CER/EDU due to increase in certificates (n=92 for 2015 compared to n=20 for 2014)

PI = Professional Improvement/ CER = Certificate/ EDU = Endorsement

Other nondegree seeking students

November 2015

D. Enrollment by Disciplinary Area

Area Arts & Humanities Biol/Biomed Business Education Engineering Health Sciences Math & Phys Sci Social Sciences Blank Total

2009 1250 454 166 669 354 955 538 655 282 5323

2010 1195 494 153 652 411 955 510 644 223 5237

2011 1171 469 146 639 370 964 531 645 242 5177

2012 1136 475 145 660 350 891 527 635 212 5031

2013 1060 470 142 705 332 807 527 563 137 4743

2014 1001 460 139 634 316 787 510 507 256 4610

2015 996 445 213 596 305 834 522 503 186 4600

Notes:

Decrease in Arts&Humanities and Engineering students over the past 7 years.

Increase in Business students in 2015 due to Business Analytics Certificates(59) and Masters(26) students.

November 2015